Fountain-pen



(No Model.)

,H. T. SMITH.

FOUNTAIN PEN.

,No. 522,804. Patented-July 10, 1894l/l/l/l/AW/l/l;VIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllll SV/// \(\\X x V WITNESSES:|N\/E'NTURZ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY T. SMITH, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARDSEAMLESS WIRE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE, AND PORT- LAND, MAINE.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,804, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed March 20, 1894.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY T. SMITH, of Pawtucket,in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fountain-Pens, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improvement in fountain pens the object ofwhich is to provide for a more copious supply of ink to the pen-pointthan obtained with the present construction.

To this end the invention consists in the novel construction andarrangement of parts recited in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the annexed drawings and to the letters markedthereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersdesignating the same parts or features, as the case may be, whereverthey occur.

Of the drawings--Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section of a fountain penhaving the improvement. Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the pen-pointdetached and on an enlarged scale.

In the drawings-the reference letter, a, designates the barrel of thepen which constitutes the reservoir for the writing fluid. b, designatesthe hollow plug which screws in the end of said barrel; and, c,designates the feed-shaft which comprises a tubular portion fittingsnugly in the hollow plug, 1), a semi-tubular part extending back intothe barrel, and a flattened tongue 0', extending out from the end of theplug and over the pen- Serial No. 504,435. (No model.)

point, and having an ink-channel, 0 on the 5 inner side. The tubularportion of the feedshaft has a curved slitf or receiving the shank, d,of the pen-point, d. Said shank is formed with a central longitudinalgroove, d in its upper side and extending out of the end of the shank.Said groove extends sufificiently to communicate with the ink-channel, cand serves to materially increase the flow of ink to the penso that longstrokes can be made with the same and heavy shading done Without the inkgiving out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

A fountain-pen. comprising in its construction a barrel, a plug fittingin the end of the same, a feeding-shaft extending through the plug andhaving a tongue extending over the pen-point and channeled in the innerside, and a pen-pointwhose shank engages a slit in the feeding'shaft andis provided with a groove in the outer side extending out of its end,and communicating with the channel in the tongue. p.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 13th day of March, A. D.1894.

HENRY T. SMITH.

